HOPE & DREAM: A Two-Clinic NICU Follow-Up Model.

The natural extension of inpatient-focused neonatal neurocritical care (NNCC) programs is the evaluation of long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in the same patient population. A dedicated and collaborative team of neonatologists, neonatal neurologists, neuropsychologists, neurosurgeons, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, and psychologists are necessary to provide personalized medicine, developmental assessments, and parental education for NNCC graduates. To achieve this goal, we devised a two-clinic follow-up model at Children's Wisconsin: HOPE clinic (Healthy Outcomes Post-ICU Engagement) and DREAM clinic (Developmentally Ready: Engagement for Achievement of Milestones). Those infants with significant neurologic diagnoses attend DREAM clinic, while all other high-risk NICU infants are seen in the HOPE clinic. These clinic models allow for a targeted approach to post-NICU care which has improved family engagement and perceptions of value.